I take a break from the tedium of midterm exams to bring you this fine edition of the Community Spotlight. I don't suppose any of you would like to take my Japanese exam for me? I can pay you absolutely nothing for your trouble and may resent you if you tarnish my precious 100 percent in the class. But if you're game, the offer stands.

Jeffery Michael Grubb starts with the results of his Frogger high score challenge, which weren't easy to collect thanks to my ever-so-helpful recommendation of a version of Frogger that erases its scoreboards every day. Chris Cosmo Ross is next with a horrifying depiction of a sociopathic game store owner's assault of a minor and slobbering lunacy about Final Fantasy 13 on the 360. Mohammad AlHuraiz keeps the bad decision train a-rolling with his account of gaming in the United Arab Emirates.

Patrick Ryan Gan examines why certain styles of gameplay eventually fade from popular gaming, and shows how the days of JRPGs as we know them may be numbered. Finally, Derek Lavigne calls upon the Bitmob community to help him choose a game to play. Lie to him, it's the only way to force him to make the right decision....

Bitmob High Score Challenge: Frogger Results
By Jeffrey Michael Grubb
If you're on edge about the results of Jeff's recent Frogger high score challenge, you can relax. The numbers are in, and despite my best efforts, I didn't even rank. You can check out who scored the best and get in your late entries for the next contest: the Facebook game Word Challenge. You can tell I had no part in the game selection process this time, because, unlike Frogger, scores are easy to report and save!

Multiple Discs: Final Fantasy 13: A Tyreed Tirade
By Chris Cosmo Ross
Tyreed Salmon owns a shop called Game Player Plus, one that Cosmo frequents. Tyreed appears to me to be insane, and not  just for his immense dislike for most decisions developers and hardware providers make concerning their products. His latest outrage pertains to the hardly surprising fact that the 360 version of Final Fantasy 13 requires three discs. You better cancel your Internet service for the next few weeks after this truth bomb rocks the gaming world....

Emirates Ban Hammer of Doom
By Mohammad AlHuraiz
Mohammad rises against the censorship machine in the United Arab Emirates in this look into draconian game-banning practices. What is more curious than why Dante's Inferno, Darksiders, and Heavy Rain are banned is how easily gamers still get ahold if them.

On Relevance and the Real (E)state of the JRPG
By Patrick Ryan Gan
As the gaming experience becomes flashier, faster-paced, and streamlined, classic methods of play slowly disappear, outside of various retro remakes and compilations. Technological advancements muscled out most 2D platformers, and proper 3D rendering bullied isometric designs until they slipped into the niche market. Could JRPGs face this same problem as western developers perfect the role-playing craft?

Decide My Gaming Destiny: Double Secret Failure Edition
By Derek Lavigne
Months ago, Derek asked which RPG he should play out of a list including Final Fantasy X-2 and Valkyrie Profile. When we all told him to play Valkyrie Profile and never consider X-2, he thought he'd be super-clever and play the only Final Fantasy I hate more than 10. I told you, Derek; we all told you. He's back with another list. Tell him Psychonauts is crappy so he'll finally play it....